On the ground in the first weeks
Body-based trauma sessions in shelters, displacement settings, and overstretched local services where formal care cannot yet meet the need.
See our field response
Trauma-informed humanitarian response in conflict-affected and post-crisis regions. Working in Ukraine since 2006.
Ukraine
Training session, Lviv
September 2023
Since 2006, we have worked alongside Ukrainian communities — with veterans, displaced families, and the clinicians who care for them. The methods refined there now ground how we respond elsewhere.
Documented in a Ukrainian veteran cohort, across treatment and follow-up.
Our model moves from immediate stabilization to local capacity building and long-term recovery. The point is not a short intervention. It is durable care.
Body-based trauma sessions in shelters, displacement settings, and overstretched local services where formal care cannot yet meet the need.
See our field responseLocal clinicians, teachers, and first responders learn the same methods so trauma support remains in place long after the emergency phase.
Training programsCrisis leaves the headlines long before it leaves the body. Our partnerships are built for the slow work of reintegration and resilience.
Long-term partnershipsLed by psychiatrists, psychotherapists, combat medics, and veteran specialists who have worked in active conflict — across military, clinical, and community settings. A rare integration of frontline reality, clinical depth, and long-term recovery expertise.
Chief of Combat Stress Control, Armed Forces of Ukraine. Psychotherapist and Bodynamic trainer. Contributor to NATO-related mental health initiatives.
Psychotherapist specializing in PTSD. Active military service 2014–15 and 2022. Supervisor of mobile crisis teams and post-traumatic growth programs.
Decorated veteran and trauma practitioner since 2015. Case manager at Veteran Hub. Specialist in psychosocial adaptation for veterans and families.
Former commander of a CASEVAC medical unit in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Clinical psychologist and EMDR therapist. Co-facilitator of trauma programs for veterans.
Veterans program
Ukraine
Equal to Equal
Suddenly you want the future to come — to plan, to live more than one day.
Wounded on the front in 2014, Taras came home but couldn't find his way back. Over five months in Ditte Marcher's Equal to Equal training, body-based trauma work helped him rebuild a relationship, enroll in university, and re-enter civilian life with presence instead of reaction.
Read full storyThe experience developed in Ukraine now informs crisis response in other vulnerable regions. We work through local partnerships, training, and long-term recovery structures rather than short deployment alone.
Bodynamic Without Borders builds on an international network active across more than 20 countries, adapting trauma-informed support to the realities of each context.
Partners
APA — Society for Military Psychology
2023
Your support helps bring trauma-informed humanitarian response to people affected by war, displacement, and disaster.
Bodynamic Without Borders is a registered international humanitarian organization. Donations are directly allocated to:
Association of Bodynamic Psychology — methodology partner providing the body-based trauma framework refined over 40 years.
Ukrainian Canadian Advocacy Group — Canada-based advocacy partner supporting outreach, fundraising, and policy coordination.